Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

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Dallas-Plano-Irving leads the state in job growth year-over-year Texas A&M Real Estate Center, August 23, 2019 Quote: All Texas metro areas except Victoria had more jobs. Dallas-Plano-Irving ranked first in job creation followed by Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Ode...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48382458621_b5e71babaa_k.jpg Image courtesy of Roman Reyna on Flickr DFW Tops Nation in Apartment Construction New report shows the DFW Metroplex way ahead of country's second hottest market, Washington, D.C. By Ben Russell, NBC5, Published Aug 14, 2019 at 5:58 A...

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All snark aside, converting the tower to mixed-use makes more sense before building new construction around the site, and having InterContinental in the urban core is a huge win. Very cool. I was hoping Fountain Place would do this with residential or hotel, and now that it has a residential tower ...

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https://media.nbcdfw.com/images/652*367/New_Lawsuit_Filed_Against_Uber.jpg Uber Acquires Dallas Office Space for Up to 3,000 Jobs: Sources By Ken Kalthoff, NBC5 News, Published 6 hours ago | Updated 12 minutes ago Uber has acquired office space in a new Deep Ellum development with plans to bring a ...

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Didn't know exactly where to put this ... so placed it here. When clicking on the image it takes you to the original image on Flickr ... When hovering cursor over different areas on the original image it reveals where the most visited spots are in Dallas including the Galleria, Northpark, SMU/Knox-H...

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https://9d41bboy87-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/union-dallas2.jpg Who Said Retail Is A Bust? It’s Actually Booming In DFW, Reports Say July 2, 2019 Kerri Panchuk, Bisnow Dallas Construction related to retail in DFW rose 18% for the quarter with 2.6M SF of retail space under de...

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Lightning storm over the Central Business District, Dallas, 06-29-19; incredible image is courtesy of Joseph Haubert on Twitter

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Dallas moves up 2 spots in latest tech survey: ----------------------------------------------- https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47673625352_e2c9dad652_h.jpg Dallas Skyline w Flooded Trinity by Joseph Haubert , on Flickr Dallas among top places for IT pros when they’re looking to put down roots, s...

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As long as the area continues to add jobs at this level of robust activity, economic growth across most categories will continue ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DFW Will Add Jobs in 2019, Analysts Predict Dallas-Fort Worth is e...

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https://cdn.bisnow.net/fit?height=489&type=jpeg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fcdn.bisnow.net%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2019%2F05%2F5cf135ce742d8-lbj.jpeg&width=717&sign=ODEAkr4_2jNP0qv7paUg4IWSXl0lG6TmSjSed_IRyUg LBJ Freeway Project To Relieve Dallas Congestion Gets Fluor, Balfour...

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https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Esquire-Exterior-1.jpg https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Esquire-Exterior-2.jpg https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Esquire-Exterior-3.jpg Quote from article: StreetLights went back to the movie theater’s archive (house...

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The Dallas area is not slowing down and continues to lead the State with its red hot growth. Dallas led Texas in the number of new jobs in the first quarter of 2019 with 27,900 new jobs ... with the largest first quarter gain in the TAMU series history of conducting these reports (since 1990)! -----...

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Uptown Dallas' Union project lands Koch Industries, other tenants and is almost fully leased https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/05/23/uptown-dallas-new-union-office-project-lands-new-tenants-almost-fully-leased ^^^^^^^ INCREDIBLE! This project just opened and it is already over 90...

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I've been watching the garage get built from above for roughly the past year and a half. Here's what it looks like on top. https://i.imgur.com/3sKj6iE.jpg ^^^^^^^ Welcome to the Forum with your first ever post! Cool pic ... correct me if I'm wrong but from all appearances the structure is clearly r...

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The article below evidently helps clarify who are the "put Dallas first" mayoral candidates ... unfortunately it is behind a pay wall and I can't read the whole thing. I saw in another article (from the Ft. Worth Startlegram) that Scott Grigg's was making very pro-Dallas statements at that...

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Dallas needs to take a page out of Frisco's playbook, which is to not giving a flying f**k about "regionalism." I mean, seriously. You have losers like Rawlings trying to play nice with his "Mayor of DFW, good for the region" nonsense. Meanwhile, leaders in Frisco are laughing t...

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I hate when cities subsidize sports stadiums; it's been studied so many times.. it's a net loss for cities. Hard pass. Also if you're going to subsidize a stadium; make sure it's not for baseball. A sport that is dying before our very own eyes; it has had lowering attendance for many years now.. ht...

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Great article in D Magazine that hits the mark concerning the embracing of "regionalism" versus sustainable growth. The article states there are certain mayoral candidates for Dallas mayor that do not believe in the regionalism approach and instead want to promote Dallas ahead of the "...

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This zoning exhibit currently going through the City Plan Commission gives a sense of what this tower's approximate height and proportions might be: https://dallascityhall.com/government/meetings/DCH%20Documents/plan-commission/05-02-19-plans/Z178-314_Tower%20Orientation%20Exhibit%20_11_7_2018.pdf ...

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1,300 new jobs coming to Allstate's facility in Irving ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Governor Abbott Announces Expansion of Allstate Facility in Irving April 23, 2019 | Austin, Texas | Press Release https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-ab...

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40689106503_5c33639972_o.jpg AMLI Fountain Place, under construction, Downtown Dallas Drive by photo of AMLI Fountain Place under construction taken while whizzing past it on Woodall Rodgers Freeway earlier this week. AMLI's sharp angular top has yet to present i...

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Interesting discussion. Here are the 2010-2018 growth numbers for DFW and Houston metro areas by county, along with their respective square mileage: DFW : Tarrant: 267,424 (902 square miles) Dallas: 265,442 (909 square miles) Tarrant + Dallas = 532,866 (1,811 sq mi) Collin: 216,715 (886 square mile...

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^^^^^^^ Probably a better way of looking at the county and population growth comparisons is to lump Dallas County (909 square miles) and Collin County (886 square miles) together ... rather than Dallas and Tarrant. Reason being: the Dallas Metro is separate and apart from the Tarrant Metro ... and C...

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DFW has a great growth rate, but unlike LA county or Harris County in Houston, it's almost evenly split between Dallas (+275K), Tarrant (+275k), Collin (+250k) and what I'm calling 'other-Denton,etc' (+300k). Great comparison ... but I think if you look at square mile size of the respective countie...

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Aerial of Pacific Plaza Park showing progress over the last year ... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47638285521_aeed482362_o.jpg Pacific Plaza Park, 04-18-19 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40671728643_453a3ca94b_o.jpg Pacific Plaza Park, 04-18-18 Images courtesy of Instagram post by Pacifi...

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https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20160804_Amazon_Prime_Air_211-630x421.jpg Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations, shows off the company’s first branded airplane. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Exclusive: Amazon moving thousands of employees out of Se...

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Hadn't seen this until now but it was announced late Feb 2019. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flier-630x401.jpg Amazon backs out of massive Seattle office tower as questions sw...

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https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Bleu-Ciel.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/32558745357_79826d2fc4_o.jpg View of greater Downtown Dallas from pool area at Bleu Ciel, 03-30-19 Plano Empty Nesters’ Journey to Bleu Ciel by Shelby Skrhak, Candy's Dirt, 03-30-19 They say the beau...

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No wonder Amazon is establishing a second major HDQ somewhere else (and growing their presence substantially in yet other major existing technology centers around the nation, like Dallas) rather than substantially growing their existing Seattle HDQ. It is shocking when one understands the level of f...

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I think it may be time to start discussing a deck park for the SMU/Mockingbird station area. It seems like an ideal way to connect those two together. ^^^^^^^ Brilliant idea! That would in fact solve many pedestrian issues related to getting over Central ... and it would set off a boom of highrise ...

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Surprising to see Houston on this list as # 9 out of the top 20 metros in the nation that people who currently live there are wanting to flee. It's in contrast to Houston appearing as # 7 on 2018's top 15 moving destinations. But this report is of a differing viewpoint - of the people who already li...

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7883/32509356197_c53045d44f_o.jpg 27 story residential tower to be built next to The Highland Hotel & Residences located at Mockingbird & Central Expressway, Dallas Toll Brothers is building a 27 story residential tower next to The Highland Hotel & Residen...

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7922/47444832241_93f78eb56e_o.jpg Downtown Dallas from roof top terrace of 1905 Malone Cliff View What an incredible view from the roof top terrace of this stunning contemporary home for sale located at 1905 Malone Cliff View, nestled above the historic Belmont Hotel ...

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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53d53c64e4b076e5e3fd36fe/t/5c00052d1ae6cf8174b0b3ec/1543505213500/2018-moving-trends-map_r5.png?format=1500w Here’s Where Americans Moved to in 2018 Updater.com, December 17, 2018 Updater’s moving destinations report is based on aggregated moving trends determ...

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While this article, from Bisnow Los Angeles, highlights LA as being the #1 market in all of the Americas for real estate investment it mentions the remainder of the top five. DFW is the # 2 market: "The Dallas-Fort Worth area, Washington, D.C., San Francisco/Northern California and Seattle roun...

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7820/47270068882_9fd838a533_o.jpg Downtown Dallas with CityPlace skyline in foreground, 11-27-18 With the cluster of towers having been built over the last few years surrounding the 42 story 560 foot tall CityPlace tower, it has created its own "skyline" at ...

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Progress pic of AMLI Fountain Place residential tower that I took on 03-06-19 while on Woodall Rodgers service road at the Akard Street redlight.

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1551903607-hotelchart.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800 DFW MSA tops Texas MSA's for Hotel Revenue Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 03-06-19 Dallas-Fort Worth led the state in hotel revenue in 2018. ... DFW hotels took in revenue of almost $3.3 billion last y...

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Amazon’s 17 Tech Hubs Stand To Feast On New York’s HQ2 Leftovers by Cameron Sperance, Bisnow Boston, March 4, 2019 Amazon’s 17 North American technology hubs are suddenly in a race for 25,000 jobs, just without the previous HQ2 spectacle. A week after Amazon canceled plans for the Long Island City ...

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https://cdn.bisnow.net/fit?height=489&type=jpeg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fcdn.bisnow.net%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2019%2F03%2F5c7e9970d5ccf-texas.jpeg&width=717&sign=I3D1QYNriCN9jzIdXS5JhYIKe-jDmNlIuxYFbmbFMkg Has Robust Industrial Development In McKinney And Beyond Turned Ok...

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It Would Take Something Drastic To Derail DFW Industrial by Dees Stribling, Dallas Bisnow, February 19, 2019 Now is an exceptional time in the Metroplex industrial market, according to the speakers at Bisnow's DFW Industrial & Logistics Outlook event. There is high demand for space, but supply ...

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7879/32311211007_9f576cd628_o.jpg The Epic office and residential towers under construction, Downtown Dallas, 02-26-19 I took this around 4:30pm on 02-26-19, heading west on Elm Street at Good Latimer. The impact this project has on the feel of this end of Deep Ellum ...

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No. 10 Harwood in the Harwood International District, Downtown Dallas, 02-22-19

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View of Downtown Dallas from the 16th floor of Parkland Hospital in the UT Southwestern Medical District, 02-23-19.

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Can somebody confirm what the actual height of this building will be? I’ve seen some articles saying the tower will be 39 stories and 440 feet, and other sources (like in the link below) saying 41 stories and 540 feet. https://www.daiwahouse.com/English/about/release/pdf/release_e20170702.pdf It's ...

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https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dallas-construction-677x451.jpg Dallas Retail and Hotel Construction Plows Ahead Despite significant headwinds and the threat of recession, commercial construction in North Texas is booming. by Jeremiah Jensen, D Magazine Commercial Real Esta...

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Aerial of Downtown Dallas and the urban core from Knox-Henderson @ Central Expwy, 02-02-18

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Downtown Dallas from condo living room, super cool view, 02-15-19

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We should start calling Uptown Texas' Manhattan These images are now almost 2 years old but still reflect what you said ... the Manhattanization of Uptown and Victory Park. The same views today would be even denser with the projects completed and/or now underway since these were taken. No, we're no...

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Amazon knew they were doomed anyway so they made the first move to withdraw rather than suffering the embarrassment of a public rejection: Quote from article below: "This past month, a leading critic of New York subsidies for Amazon’s plan to build a second headquarters in Queens was nominated ...

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